Vertically-pivoted wall bed



Patented Feb. 24, 1931 i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NEIL SINCLAIR, OFOAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO RIP VAN WINKLE WALL BED COMPANY, INC.,OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION F CALIFORNIA y VERTICALLY-PIVOTEDWALL BED Application led May 1,

This invention relates to wall beds pf the vertically pivoted type andhas for its objects improved means for shifting the bed laterally withrespect to the wall opening upon swinging the bed from one side of thewall through the opening to the other side of the wall.

My invention is illustrated in the drawings hereto in which Fig. l is adiagrammatic plan showing the action of the shifting mechanism fordisplacing the bed laterally as it is swung from one side of the wall tothe other. Fig. 2 is a plan section of a wall L provided with a doorwayand with my bed at one side of the wall, while Fig. 3 is a similar viewshowing the bed swung to the other side of the wall. Fig. 4. is anenlarged verl tical -section of the invention as seen from the line 4-4of Fig.` 2 and Fig. 5 1s a side view of the lower part of Fig. 4.

Briefly described my invention comprises a wall bedmounted adjacent adoorway in a wall on vertical pivots and supporting a door panel, thebed projecting beyond one side or' the doorway along the wall and beingswingable on its pivots through the doorway to a position on theopposite side of the wall, the bed being laterally shil'table on itsmounting and provided with a lever fulcrumed to some fixed point forbodily shifting the bed as it is swung to maintain its extension alongthe wall at either side thereof at the same j amb of the doorway.

The door panel revolves with the bed to close the same portion of thedoorway at either position of the bed while an auxiliary door provides apassage through the wall at all times and also provides for a relativelying by giving clearance space for the bed to swing from oneside of thewall to the other.

The diagram in Fig. l shows the action without the confusion ofunnecessary detail. A wall of a room is shown at l and provided with adoorway 2. A vertically positioned wall bed is indicated at 3 and ispresumed to be mounted in conjunction with a door panel 4 all carried onvertical pivots at the top and bottom of the doorway at 5. The bed has arelation to the panel 4 so as to Serial No. 105,898.

the arrow the edge A of the bed instead of arriving at the point B whenon the other side or' the wall may be displaced to the oint C.

The shiftable n'iounting of the ed on its pivotal support may beaccomplished in several ways, one of which will be later described.J andthe shifting of the bed is accomplished while turning the bed from oneside of the wall to the other by means of a lever G pivoted at 7 to afixed point (on the floor or lint-el) and at 8 to the shiftable bedframe. The fulcrum l" being displaced to one side o pivot 5 thereforeholds the point 8 on the frame always at a given distance from saidtule-ruin and hence shiftsthe bed for projection along the wall beyondthe same jamb or edge of the doorway with bed at either side ofv thewall.

An auxiliary door is provided at 9 to all'ord a closable passagealongside the bed at all times, and also the necessary clearance for thebed to swing-or rather permits the panel el. to be narrower, it'or it isevident that with they panel Ll made wider relative to the bed or thebed .mounted within its arc of travel the door 9 could be dispensedwith.

lt is presumed ofcourse that the bed 3 a vertically tilted wall bed ofthe well known type and at either side of the wall, if the size of theroom permitsfit may be pulled down to a horizontal position i'or use.

In carrying out my invention the panel l and door 9 may be of same sizeeach provided with door knobs or other iitting as at l0 so as to looklike a pair of ordinary doors when seen in elevation.

The bed is preferably not carried on the panel d but is complete on itsown pivotal mounting and the panel simply supported thereon.

In the disclosure I carry this out by pro viding a rigid vertical barsuch as a tubular or channel iron member ll to which heavy angle ironends l2 are riveted to form ollset ends and which ends are apertured forthe main (ill ' pivot pins 13 screwed into supporting-plates 14kmortised into the rloor and vlintel yrespectively, and above ythe lowerone is placed a .thrust washer 15 to space the channel fromV the floorand take the weight of the whole device. i l

riga-inst this channel is placed the doork or panell i securedthereagainst by screws as at 16. rlhe, panel l is notched top and bottomVso that the otset angle ends 12mayv projiect across it to come -il-'ushwith itslouter surface and the notches are centrally deepened inside toaccommodate the .squared heads of the pins 13. ,y

As one means of providing the sl'iiftable mounting of the bed on thispivoted supportingbar, 11 l rivet a transversely extending lowerfguide17 and preferably also an upper guide 18.. i 4

The lower guide 17 is provided with an innerball bearing slicingsectionl 19 riveted in turnv tothe main angle frame 20ct a tolding;bed-head board. or trame 21, while'the upper end ot-the head tramey isprovided with an arm 22 on which. a roller or rollers 25` are :mountedlso as toroll in the channel' lguide 18. rEhus thebed i rame may berol-led or slidlaterally back and forth relative to the supporting` ybar11 or panel 4iwithin limits or". course as prescribed by the tguidecon.- s'truction. y

At the lower end of the bed head frame 21 are the usual brackets 23 forYpivotally mountingA the main. body of the bed (not shown) for tippingfrom horizontal to ver'- tical position in the well known way common towall beds and Jforming no part ofthe present invention.

i The shifting lever 6 hereshown at the door, may be at either or both.ends ofthe mounting', and a bracket 24 isv extended fromv the bed frameto provide its pivotal connection 8.

:The degree of lateral shifting rof the bed may be madeV any desiredamount and ,de-

pends on the di'sance of offset of the pivot 7 from the pivot 5,and asmore clearly shown in the diagram Fig. 1' the lever is crooked tostraddle one `or the vertical pivots 5 when the bed is on one side ofkthe wall and lies between said pivot and the door j amb when the bed ison the other side of the wall.

l, claim:

1.. In a wall bed mounting, a vertically dis.- posed supporting bar withits ends ollset and adapted to be vertically pivoted/ to a building in adoor-way wall opening, a bed frame, means supporting` the bed frame onsaid bar in a manner to be laterally'shiftable ith-relation thereto, andlever means operated upon swinging the bar on its pivots artrame, meanssupporting trame, means supporting the bed frame 0n said har in a mannerto be laterally shiftable with relation thereto, and lever meansoperated upon swinging the bar on its pivots arranged for so shittingsaid bed, and a door panel detachably secured te. said. bar "r'orpivetal. swinging therewith. A e y 3. ln a wall bed mounting,avertically dissupporting bar with its ends offset lQ-pted to`befvortically'pivoted to.. a ng in. a door-way wal'l opening, a bed thebed Viframe on said barina manner to be laterallyv shiftable withrelation theretd'audlever means connected to the bed' and vope able byswinging the bar on its pivots shift the bedvlat- @rallyA with respectthereto, the shittable. iur-)untiing the bedl ou the bar including; a'horizontally disposed guide secured to the bar and upon which guide thebed is supported with freedom for movement ,therealing.

means by which the door is mounted toro.-

tate on vertical axis a toldiii bed olV Zl. ln device of the classdescriberha door,

the bed and mountableat its `other end on an immovable support, saidlink when somounted sei-"vingy toso. guide the bed; when. rotated withthe door that when the door has been rotated through 1805j that edge ofthe bed opposite to the iirst mentioned. edge willi be positioned withinthe edgeo'f the door adjacent thereto. v

5.. ln a device oitA the class described,.a door, means by which thedoor is mounted to rotate onl a vertical axis corresponding`substantially with the conter line of the door, a folding; bed ot'kgreater width. than. the door,.me ans by which the bed ismounted on oneside oi the door for lateral; shifting movement relative thereto, oneedge of the bedv positioned within the adjacent edge oithedoor, and alink pivotally mounted on 'said bed and mountable at its other end on a.fixedA support, saidlink when so mounted servingtoso guide thebed whenrotated with the doorthatwhen the door hasbeen rotated. throughi1809that edgeof the bed opposite to the first lmentioned edge will bepositioned within the edge of the door adjacent thereto.l

